In Neive, third generation winegrower Elio Filippino crafts this aromatic and rich Barbaresco in a trditional style and it's now had enough time to rest to be ready for you to enjoy. In 2015 there’s an extra dose of... Read More
The Vajra family’s “introductory” Barolo is always one of the best values in high-end Nebbiolo. It’s from a set of higher-altitude vineyards that make this more red-fruited and open than most. In 2019,... Read More
Langhe Nebbiolo getting very close to Barolo quality, texture and character indeed. There's more ripeness and richness than expected in baby Barolo, with dark red berry and cherry fruit, a nice dose of spice and bitter chocolate... Read More
Organic/Bio This is organically farmed, native yeast fermented, minimally sulfured, old-vine, seriously good stuff. Already complex and perfumed, what's most striking today is the ripe red berry fruit and super fine tannins.... Read More
Organic/Bio Crest the top of the warm and sunny Casot hill and you find yourself at the top of Marcarini. With it's northeast aspect, Marcarini gets loads of morning sun but then less of the late afternoon heat. From old vines... Read More
Organic/Bio Nebbiolo – the great black grape of Italy’s Piemonte – is more than one thing. Or, at least, makes more than one kind of wine. This is Nebbiolo at its prettiest, dressed up for Sunday but with a tiny... Read More
Organic/Bio Although the Serraboella vineyard – along with Montestefano – produces very “Barolo-like” wines, this release of the Paitin family’s flagship Nebbiolo matches that power with lovely Barbaresco... Read More
As Decanter said last year, “It's not easy at present to find a viticulturist who has started to bottle his own wines. Piercarlo Culasso bottled his first vintage in 2017, but he and his family have managed their vineyards... Read More
Arguably the best Nebbiolo Langhe in the shop right now and certainly the prettiest. Wonderfully light and pure in color and feel, this serves up intense red fruit and rose petal aromas that keep getting stronger with air. Glides... Read More
Montestefano is one of the Produttori’s steepest sites and one of the warmest. The high calcium content of the soil is more like Barolo’s Serralunga than the rest of Barbaresco, and the wine is more Barolo-like as... Read More
Montestefano is one of the Produttori’s steepest sites and one of the warmest. The high calcium content of the soil is more like Barolo’s Serralunga than the rest of Barbaresco, and the wine is more Barolo-like as... Read More
Located in the center of Barbaresco, not far from Asili, the site is the essence of Barbaresco in terms of soil, exposure, and elevation. At a class a few years ago, co-cellar master Luca Cravanzola caught everyone’s attention... Read More
Located in the center of Barbaresco, not far from Asili, the site is the essence of Barbaresco in terms of soil, exposure, and elevation. At a class a few years ago, co-cellar master Luca Cravanzola caught everyone’s attention... Read More
Pora's mineral-rich clay/limestone soils and sunny exposure tends to give wines of muscular power and deep minerality. In sunny 2017, this is one of the most open and satisfyingly fleshy of the Produttori's Riservas.... Read More
Organic/Bio Basarin in dialect means sun-kissed, and this famed vineyard on the border between the zone of Neive and Treiso seldom struggles to achieve full ripeness. But there's a bit of altitude here as well, adding a layer... Read More
Organic/Bio Rino Sottimano's first vineyard, purchased in the late 1960s, It's planted to vines 50-70 years old and has been farmed without chemicals since Rino bought it. It's between the Neive and Barbaresco areas,... Read More
Organic/Bio Curra is also in Neive, but this uniques site produces a remarkably different wine. As Vinous says, A firm, wiry expression of structure and floral aromatics define the mid-weight Barbarescos of Currà. There... Read More
Organic/Bio From 45 year-old vines just outside the town of Neive on clay/sand soils, Fausoni is always the most darkly fruited wine from Sottimano. But dark doesn't equal heavy or overpowered here. Something like darkly elegant... Read More
Organic/Bio In Treiso, well to the south of most other famed Barbaresco Crus, Pajore balances the zone's cooler, fresher, climate with a steep southerly exposure and the intensity of 50-70 year-old vines. Very, very, Barbaresco... Read More
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